Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to make my contribution to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Amendment) Bill of 2024. Most likely, it arises from the discussions of NADCO. We stand here today to debate this amendment Bill...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me to commend the Decentralized Funds Accounts Committee for the wonderful job they have been doing and to also sympathise with them as well. I hope they are listening so they can receive my sincere sympathy. Trying to...

Hon. Dr Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) How can I be out of order?

Hon (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Yes.

Hon (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I welcome you back from the short recess. I had already made my contribution on this Bill. I leave the opportunity to somebody else.

Hon (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I had already made my contribution to this Bill. That is why I am logging out, Hon. Speaker.

Hon (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Yes.

Hon (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I welcome you back from the short recess. I had already made my contribution on this Bill. I leave the opportunity to somebody else.

Hon (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I had already made my contribution to this Bill. That is why I am logging out, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me to commend the Decentralized Funds Accounts Committee for the wonderful job they have been doing and to also sympathise with them as well. I hope they are listening so they can receive my sincere sympathy. Trying to...

Hon. Dr Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) How can I be out of order?

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to support the National Disaster Risk Management Bill (National Assembly Bill No.24 of 2023) . As you have clearly mentioned, this Bill was presented in this House in the last term. For some strange reasons, I do...

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) I am flabbergasted, apprehensive and worried that our good Member has crossed the Floor without folding the party. That neighbour is none other than the good Member of Parliament for the people of Nyando Constituency. Would you kindly come where you belong? You look...

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 14 of the Bill be amended— Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs.

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 19 of the Bill be amended—

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, whatever fate befalls that particular amendment, let me just clarify that we are asking for a seamless transfer of information from one House to another. This is because there is already a requirement in the Bill that says that where public...

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I want Hon. Chepkong’a and Hon. Murugara to listen carefully. We must never legislate in vain. The Bill of Rights allows access to the court of law, and there should be no impediments to access the courts of law. Any Bill...

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 3. The reason is that the original Bill says that the provision of subsection 1 shall not apply to any rules, regulations and orders emanating from a...

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, my apprehension is this: If I drop my amendments and then amendments proposed by the Committee are lost… The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. Martha Wangari) : We are already prosecuting your amendment, which is a deletion. Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM)...

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Indeed, I agree with Hon. Chepkong’a. That is why I said I am just holding my breath and keeping my fingers closed since they know how to vote in unison. Can the Almighty God descend in their hearts and vote in unison to maintain...

Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, that is a progressive amendment, and that is how we should always avoid wastage of resources, duplication and cumbersome processes. We must also pass a warning to regulatory authorities that some regulations could actually be outdated by now. Some that were...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Recognising that talent starts in primary and secondary schools, I wish the Cabinet Secretary could highlight what efforts the Ministry is making to improve sporting facilities in both primary and secondary schools in the entire Republic of Kenya, especially in...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairman. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : I hear you, Hon. Oundo. Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, there seems to be a bit of uncertainty. This is because Section 25 of the...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairman. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : Hon. Oundo. Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I might have switched off a little bit, and need guidance. In the Office of the Attorney-General Act...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Understood, but I thought we had moved the standard amendments. The new clauses are moved the way we typically do. They are seconded, we debate, and pass them. However, if it has met the threshold of the procedure I have no problem, but if...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, the Mover is just being extremely unfair. Traditionally, that was Moi Day. It changed from Moi Day to no holiday, and then it was reinstated. It then changed to Utamaduni Day and is now being changed to Mazingira Day. I am...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the proposed amendments to the Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No.3 of 2024) . This Bill has been long overdue. I sat in the Committee on Delegated Legislation in the last Parliament, and...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, as much as it is towards improving the role of the county governments, there is a catch. There are two issues: New Clause 31F (d) could easily be misinterpreted to make Municipal Boards and City Boards to be agencies yet it...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, the tragedy that has been the Affordable Housing Bill continues. It went to the Senate and we thought that the Senate will have the temerity and courage to cure the mess, but they have only amplified it. We find ourselves in...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I want Kenyans to know that if they borrow, there is a cost for it and it will be passed on to the Kenyan who will buy the house. So, the issue of affordability is a smokescreen. We will get into...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : Yes, Member for Funyula. Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) We probably need to reflect on New Clause 31G) soberly. During the last Committee of the whole House, some amendments were thrown out on...

Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo (Funyula, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, this is an absurdity of the whole process. Honestly speaking, how can somebody in their right sense insert this particular clause? In the reminiscent days of the Commission on Lands, you could not sell or charge a property until you had...